Talk of having your head stuffed firmly up your anal cavity. The Bush White House believes that if a major international crisis erupts in the opening days of Obama‘s administration, the one thing Obama will want more than anything else is the Bush administration’s blueprint for responding.

The White House has prepared more than a dozen contingency plans to help guide President-elect Barack Obama if an international crisis erupts in the opening days of his administration, part of an elaborate operation devised to smooth the first transition of power since Sept. 11, 2001.

The memorandums envision a variety of volatile possibilities, like a North Korean nuclear explosion, a cyberattack on American computer systems, a terrorist strike on United States facilities overseas or a fresh outbreak of instability in the Middle East, according to people briefed on them. Each then outlines options for Mr. Obama to consider.

In a related vein, how will you be able to recognize Bush White House staff on January 21? They’ll be the ones with very pale heads, blinking like mad, and trying to stay out of direct sunlight.